i continually return to a belief that the fundamental structures for humans' success & happiness are so simple ( Read more... )

the official recent news:
Lunar smash produces surprise, disappointment
LCROSS Finale: NASA Plays Down Lack of Fireworks
SMASH! Live Q&A about water on the moon and NASA's LCROSS mission
Five times more water on Moon? (2003 Nature journal article)
Water on the Moon? (2009 Nature journal article)
Detection of Adsorbed Water and Hydroxyl on the Moon ( Read more... )

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yesterday, in a private forum, i invoked the name of Olaf Stapledon & look what happens:

have we discovered inorganic life?

although i have been considering autopoiesis more from the perspectives of enactive cognitive science & cultural studies, this new discovery relates more to the dissipative & replicative structures models of self organizing ( Read more... )

beginning dancers learning to spin will visualize an imaginary horizon point in order to maintain their bearing, but eventually you get used to the sensation, and it is quite intoxicating & liberating ( Read more... )